DJ Ahmet
classified PGSubtitled screening
Please note: This was screened in April 2026
Sheep hit the dancefloor in Georgi M. Unkovski’s disarming feature debut, a touching, comic and radiantly colourful coming-of-age story - and Sundance award-winner - about the unifying power of music.
15-year-old Ahmet (Arif Jakup) lives in a remote village in North Macedonia, where he struggles to navigate the pressure of traditional values and his father's expectations since his mother's passing. He finds an unlikely refuge in techno music, which brings him closer to Aya (Dora Akan Zlatanova) - but she's already prommised to someone else...
A big festival hit, DJ Ahmet casts a crowd-pleasing spell while sensitively exploring the realities of life in patriarchal societies. Uplifted by its young cast and a rich soundtrack that draws on regional as well as English language songs, it dances along the line between modernity and tradition.